Comparison of three regional anaesthetic techniques for infraorbital or maxillary nerve block in cats: a cadaveric study.

Objectives: The maxillary nerve courses very close to the globe, rendering cats - with their large eyes - at risk of globe penetration during infraorbital or maxillary nerve blocks. Therefore, the goals of the study were to compare the distribution and potential complications of three infraorbital or maxillary regional injection techniques.

Methods: Twenty-three bilateral maxillae of cat cadavers were used in a randomised blinded trial.